Rogalla, SönkeSönkeRogallaBurger, BrunoBrunoBurgerGoeldi, BenriahBenriahGoeldiSchmidt, HeribertHeribertSchmidt2022-03-112022-03-112010https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/36882110.4229/25thEUPVSEC2010-4DO.11.2Recently, companies such as SolarEdge Technologies, National Semiconductors and Enphase Energy and others have brought products onto the market which allow maximum power point tracking (MPP-tracking) at the module level. These companies promise significant increases in yield through the use of their technologies. This paper attempts to highlight under which conditions the distributed MPP-tracking has an advantage over the conventional string approach.en621697conference paper